Photo Op

First-mate, Mom, took pictures of Matt Winter taking pictures of the 'crew' as we checked traps near the Charleston Crab House. Matt is the editor of the Tidelines section of the Post & Courier. Tidelines features our local maritime community, interests, and events. Matt pulled a calf muscle hog hunting and still got out at early on a Sunday morning. That's either dedication or .... he doesn't have any better sense than the SCK's.

The water temperature is still too cold for much activity, and, as you can tell from our apparel, the air temperature is pretty chilly as well. One of our three traps was missing. We are hoping a strong pulling tide will free the buoy.  If not, it may have gotten clipped by a propeller.  That's why we have escape hatches built into the traps.

One exciting point was when they pulled the first trap and saw something in the trap. What they originally thought was a stone crab turned out to be ... the pig's feet we had as bait. Soon the water will warm, the 'stones' will be moving, and the excitement will turn from "Do we have crabs?" to ... "Now that we have crabs, how do we keep from getting pinched? "